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In our Media Watch Blog we present an analytical view of the media coverage and public debates concerned with climate change and climate politics through the lens of academic observers from social and climate sciences. Additionally, we sometimes cover news from science and from our research in general.

The Blog was started during the UN-Climate Change Conference in Paris* (November 30 – December 12 2015). We focused on the coverage of the conference in leading media outlets in 40 countries around the globe but we also provided some first-hand observations from students and researchers who participated in the conference. The blog is hosted by the team of Prof. Brüggemann at the University of Hamburg. Its authors are climate researchers and social scientists from a range of different backgrounds united by an interest in the interdisciplinary study of climate change.

The point of the blog is not to bash the media: Covering climate change is a demanding challenge for journalists and we do not pretend that we could provide better coverage than journalists do. Yet, as outsiders and interested followers of the media debate, we hope to add new perspectives and voices to a debate that deserves humanities’ fullest attention.

The blog is in English to allow an international audience and international contributors to participate. All blog entries represent the personal opinions and observations of the respective blog author and are neither official statements issued by the University of Hamburg, nor from the hosts of the blog.